Brunner Mond & Co. ltd Lostock
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Brunner Mond dates back to 1873 when Sir John Brunner and Ludwig Mond formed the Brunner Mond Co. ltd. They created their first factory at Winnington in Northwich Cheshire.
Brunner Monds Lostock plant dates back to 1891 when it was originally built by Bowman Thompson & Co. In 1900 Brunner Mond took over the site and have been there ever since. This is also the companys U.K. Headquarters.
In 1912 operations where expanded and the Wallerscote site was purchased to produce Soda Ash, which is used to make glass amongst other things.
In 1920 Brunner Mond took over Castner Keller and 4 years later the Magadi Soda Co. in Kenya.
Then in 1926 merged with United Alkali Co. British Dyestuffs Corp. and Noble Industries to form I.C.I. Imperial Chemical Industries ltd.
Brunner Mond is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of soda ash and associated alkaline products. It is also the UK`s sole manufacturer of soda ash, and the third largest producer in the world.
The Lostock site houses the powerplant that supplies both Winnington and Lostock with power. With cables running over 5km.
The Lostock site operates 24 hours a day and is a hive of activity. Amongst HGV`s coming and going, and employees wandering around there is also a very active security team patrolling the area.
Having previously explored Wallerscote soda ash works, the second Brunner Mond site. We thought it would of been rude not to explore this site as well.
We didnt know if this place could be explored at first given the fact that its a live site. But fortune favors the bold and with a walk around the perimeter it wasnt long before we spotted a hole in the fence.
All the time we were exploring we was conscious of the fact we may at any time walk into some of the night shift who would undoubtably ask what we were doing here.
Fortunatley for us we didnt bump into anyone and explored around half of the site which quite surprisingly wasnt that busy. After a good few hours exploring the gantrys and walkways and various buildings buzzing with machinery. We decided to call it a night before anyone seen us.
A fantastic site in everyway but it does lack some of the atmosphere and character of its sister site over at Wallerscote.
EXPLORED 2007
Brunner Mond Lostock
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